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CD-ROM Drive: A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. CD-ROM drives generally also play audio CD discs by sending analog sound to the sound card via a 4-pin cable. ...; Full CD-ROM Drive Definition >>

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Eject Widget (widget): Eject Widget is a free and simple Eject Button for your CD rom drives on a Windows PC. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: CD-ROM Drive, Windows PC, Eject Widget, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2007-11-08
Ordinary CD players to monitor our health?: Many of us, at least in developed countries, have CD players rusting in our homes. So why not turning them into something useful? A very short note by the American Chemical Society ACS says that Spanish researchers have adapted this now venerable technology into home health monitoring systems. This means...; Tags: Monitor, CD, Disc, Health Care, CD-ROM Drive, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2007-09-26
Doorkeeper (exe): Doorkeeper is a program for making opening and closing CD-ROM drives easy. It requires only one mouse click to open the CD drive. Most important features are these: skinable interface, translations, can handle up to 2 devices at a time, auto close CD-ROM, multi user environment, Hot Keys support, CD...; Tags: CD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM Drive, Hane Creations, Doorkeeper; Software downloads 2007-03-26
CD ROM Drive Disabler (exe): Allows you to easily enable or disable CD ROM drives on your Windows 2000, 2003, or XP system.; Tags: CD-ROM, CD-ROM Drive, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2006-08-31
CD ROM Drive Remote Disabler (exe): Allows you to easily enable or disable CD ROM drives on your Windows 2000, 2003, or XP systems - across your LAN.; Tags: CD-ROM, CD-ROM Drive, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2006-08-31

Circle Virtual CD (Exe): Circle Virtual CD creates a virtual CD-ROM drive on your Windows PC. This allows you to make images of your favorite CD-ROMs and use them without inserting a CD into a CD-ROM drive. Circle Virtual CD improves the speed at which you access data and stops you from having to...; Tags: CD, CD-ROM, CD-ROM Drive, Circle Virtual CD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology; Software downloads 2004-01-13

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Crucial (Micron) Solid State Drives: Crucial Micron Solid State Drive installation and configuration by Jason Perlow; Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Solid State Disk, Jason Perlow, flash memory, micron, crucial, ssd, solid state drive; Image galleries 2008-07-25
Britain moves against illegal file sharing: CBC News out of Canada is reporting that British ISPs are making an aggressive move against illegal file sharing by implementing a program designed to discover copyright violators, who will be sent warning letters and may potentially have their internet connections disconnected. For more on the article,...; Tags: File-sharing, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-25
A Friday Active Directory puzzler: We just purchased a new server for our district's central office. Nothing super-special, just a Windows Server 2003 for compatibility with a payroll and HRM application install with lots of storage and a moderately speedy quad-core Xeon. The existing server is out of space, out of resources, recently...; Tags: Domain, User Profile, Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Weekend Gadget Guidance: Diagnose your hard disks, free: Hard drive acting kinda funny? Free application HDDScan is a utility that diagnoses your hard drive's ills. The app allows you to analyze drive temperatures, conduct S.M.A.R.T. tests, export and print reports to document changes in your hard drive's health, and works on ATA,...; Tags: Hard Drive, Andrew Nusca; Blog posts 2008-07-25
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HTC Touch Diamond ROM update adds 850 MHz support and much more: HTC Touch Diamond ROM update adds 850 MHz support and much moreMartin had better acknowedge this post....Martin who? He knows who he is.; Tags: HTC Touch Diamond ROM, HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch, ROM, High Tech Computer Corp.; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
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Microsoft buys DATAllegro: Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...; Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
HTC Touch Diamond ROM update adds 850 MHz support and much more: I've written a few posts about the HTC Touch Diamond and my last one discussed some of the issues I was seeing with the device. I like to visit the XDA Developers site for the tweaking they do to the HTC devices, but it is kind of gray area when...; Tags: ROM, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-24